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- 05 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures
If you’re a business leader who oozes achievement, sprints up the corporate ladder, and earns big bucks, your co-workers probably resent you to some extent. New research says high-achievers can win over their colleagues with a simple approach: View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
competitors, including Porsche and Lamborghini, responded by adding cutting-edge technologies, increasing production, and venturing into untraditional models, such as (gasp!) sport utility vehicles. Ferrari so far has remained true to its... View Details
- 29 May 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division
Keywords: by John W. Pratt
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
Boston. Elberse is remaining mum on celebrities planning to attend the next session in order to protect their privacy. Participants sign up to learn strategies for launching creative products, managing talent, coping with advances in digital technology, and maximizing... View Details
- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is supposed to allow companies to shed debt and get a fresh start. Ideally, creditors recover most of what they’re owed as the restructured firm begins turning a profit. Yet, more companies are liquidated than rebuilt, giving up the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
Sarah Jane Gilbert: What led you to pursue this research? Amy Edmondson: This research, rather than being a single project, is part of a fifteen-year program of a half dozen or so projects in different settings, all focused on learning in and View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 18 Feb 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications for Financial Regulation
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
activity sponsored by Harvard Business School. That study sought to examine questions of M&A strategy and execution with a new rigor. Our in-depth findings will emerge over the next year or two, in the form of various books, articles,... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 13 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers
business by finding customers who needed rooms in cities hosting popular events. Source: GoodLifeStudio “If you don’t have a supply of houses and apartments, people are not going to come,” says Teixeira. The problem was, where to find... View Details
- 01 Nov 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?
(iStockphoto/skynesher) Most CEOs recognize the power of organizational culture and the impact that it can have on the bottom line. They acknowledge the importance of shared values and behaviors that influence the way an organization conducts its business. One... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Sep 2023
- Book
Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs
it. Those emotions are deep-seated from an evolutionary standpoint. “From a survival perspective, we are risk-averse,” she says. “Just as we are interested in other people thinking well of us. Long ago, rejection by the group could, in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
If you want to be awed by the pace of technological advancement over the past few decades, compare the capabilities of a bulky PC from 1984 with those of a sleek smartphone in 2016. You’ll find stark differences. But if you want to be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
motivate other younger executives who will feel inspired by the possibility of promotion under your leadership. My advice is always to avoid, if possible, hiring your old cronies from previous companies before you’ve given the incumbents... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
feel unreasonably stretched, here is your chance to cut back. Unless an initiative promises to increase WTP or decrease WTS, it is not worth pursuing. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
when life goes back to normal. Forward-thinking leaders can run better organizations by creating conditions that allow customers to be more helpful. When service provision is a true partnership and customers are pitching in, employees... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Dec 2017
- Op-Ed
Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs
Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
a host of dynamic multimedia material competing for his or her attention, we wanted to create a high-quality, engaging classroom experience. Both plot and character development in the book are inspired by a popular storytelling structure... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- November 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower risk of cancer. However, there were concerns about the public health risk of e-cigarettes, particularly the chance... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Tobacco; Smoking; Cigarettes; Electronic Cigarettes; Cancer; Lung; Lorillard; Philip Morris; Safety; Technological Innovation; Conflict of Interests; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing; Health; Advertising; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health." Harvard Business School Case 514-059, November 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
case and how did it come together? Anita Elberse: I am particularly fascinated by companies and people in entertainment, media, and sports that have very strong track records over a long period of time. Sir Alex Ferguson is a manager who... View Details
- 06 Jul 2012
- Working Paper Summaries